Genus Amathia Lamouroux, 1812

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Genus Amathia Lamouroux, 1812

Compiler and date details

July 2001 - Dr Philip Bock

Amathia Lamouroux, J.V.F. 1812. Extrait d'un mémoire sur la classification des Polypes coralligènes non entièrement pierreux. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris 3: 181-188 [184].
Type species:
Sertularia lendigera Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
Secondary source:
Chimonides, P.J. 1987. Notes on some species of the genus Amathia (Bryozoa, Ctenostomata). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 52(8): 307-358 [312].
Zoobotryon Ehrenberg, C.G. 1831. Symbolae Physicae, seu Icones et descriptiones Corporum Naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum, quae ex itineribus per Libyam, Aegyptum, Nubiam, Dongalam, Syriam, Arabiam et Habessiniam ... studio annis 1820-25 redirerunt. Pars Zoologica. v.4. Animalis Evertebrata exclusis Insectis. Berlin.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Waeschenbach, A., Vieria, L.M., Reverter-Gil, O., Souto0Derungs, J., Nascimento, K.B. & Fehlauer-Ale, K.H. 2015. A phylogeny of Vesiculariidae (Bryozoa, Ctenostomata) supports synonymization of three genera and reveals possible cryptic diversity. Zoologica Scripta 44(6): 667-683

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

South Africa

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast
New Zealand

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
25-Mar-2014	BRYOZOA Ehrenberg, 1831	25-Mar-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Robin Wilson (NMV) Elizabeth Greaves (NMV)
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED

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